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TED Meta Data: An Explication of the Indicators and Coding Criteria for the Trade Environment Database Case Studies
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The TED data shown below is not all of the potential data available form TED case studies. However, this is a set of key indicators with some areas of additional related data collection.
This data relates to the paper, "National Policy Interests and Opportunities
for Multilateral Agreement on Key Trade and Environment Issues", James
R. Lee, February 28, 2002, Paper prepared for the ISA Conference, Portland,
Oregon
This table below provides correspondance for explaining the data found in the TED case study data. Besides the basic information in the case studies, the data set is augmented by the inclusion of ancillary and other related variables that may be of interest in further research.
Click here to view the template and its construct
Click here to see an explanation of coding criteria
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| Var Num | Variable | Operationalization | Dimension | Range |
| A | Number | ID case number | Interval | 1-649 |
| B | Case | Unique mnemonic | Nominal | Open |
| C | Impacted | Number of countries impacted by the decision through legal agreement | Interval | 1-170 (no. of countries) |
| D | Agreement | The international agreemnt relevant to the case | Nominal | Open |
| E | Continent | Land Masses and Oceans | Nominal | Delimited list |
| F | Region | North, South, East, West, and special (Amazon) | Nominal | Delimited list |
| G | Country | Modern or historic name | Nominal | Delimited list |
| H | GNP/PC | GNP per capita of country (WB) | Interval | Related data |
| I | Diverse | Species diversity index (WRI) | Interval | Related data |
| J | DC/LDC | OECD vs. non-OECD | Binomial | Derived data |
| K | Habitat | By Climactic types | Nominal | Delimited list |
| L | Industry | SIC-2 digit in general | Nominal | Delimited list |
| M | Industry Aggregate | SIC-1 digit in general | Nominal | Delimited list |
| N | Environment Problem | All environmental problem types | Nominal | Delimited list |
| O | Environment Problem Aggregate | Grouped environmental problem types | Nominal | Delimited list |
| P | Scope | Geographical range of interest | Ordinal | Local toGlobal |
| Q | Measure | All trade measures | Nominal | Delimited list |
| R | Measure1 | Grouped trade measrues | Nominal | Delimited list |
| S | Rights | A significant factor in the case | Binomial | Derived data |
| T | Type | Trade and other non-economic focus | Nominal | Delimited list |
| U | Hyperlink | Web report | Address | Location |
| V | Abstract | Text | na | na |